Alison Gordon, BACP

Alison Gordon is a BACP therapist based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She has worked in mental health settings in both hospital and community for around 15 years, and she brings that background into one-to-one work with adults.

Alison helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, low self-esteem, depression and addictions. She also supports those facing grief, trauma, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains, career challenges and adjustment to life changes. Young adults facing the pressures of leaving home, starting work or study, and identity questions are among the people who may find her approach relevant.

Her practice draws on a range of methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Alison describes therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s own experience guides the work, and she uses evidence-informed techniques to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.

Sessions tend to focus on practical steps alongside talking through feelings and relationships. She works on skills for managing anxiety and mood, improving communication, and building confidence in decision making. There is also scope to address trauma-related memories using appropriate trauma-informed methods documented in her background.

Alison values ongoing learning and adds new tools from further training to her practice. Her experience across hospital and community settings informs how she responds to complex or overlapping difficulties, and she aims to help people find clearer ways forward.

How her approaches translate to online work